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Google Is Accused of Paying for Fake News Campaigns to Influence Policy in Washington
For the past two years the company has been America’s biggest lobbying spender, with a record $21 million used towards this end last year alone.
Angry at YouTube, a Man Drives Cross Country With Baseball Bats to Attack Google HQ
A dispute with Google over a shutdown of a YouTube channel has led to the arrest of 33-year-old Kyle Long on Sunday.
Geofence Tracking: The Latest Creepy Data Mining Tool
Data brokers are starting to use geo-fence tracking technology to grab unique identification numbers from people’s phones and then use this to continuously and pervasively track them.
Amazon Steps Up Its Data Collection Efforts With Eero Acquisition
Amazon can now collect WiFi data through Eero, voice data through Echo and other smart devices with Alexa support, live video data through Ring security cameras, data on your viewing habits through Fire TV and Prime Video, and detailed purchase data through Amazon retail.
